William Darlington

William Darlington (28 April 1782-23 April 1863) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-PA 2) from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1817 (succeeding Samuel Henderson and Roger Davis and preceding Isaac Darlington and Levi Pawling) and from 4 March 1819 to 3 March 1823 (succeeding Darlington and Pawling and preceding Joseph Hemphill).

Biography
William Darlington was born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1782, the cousin of Edward Darlington and Isaac Darlington and the second cousin of Smedley Darlington. In 1807, he became a physician in West Chester, and he served as major of a volunteer regiment during the War of 1812. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817 and from 1819 to 1823, as canal commissioner in 1825, and as President of the West Chester Railroad from 1831 to 1835. From 1830 to 1863, he served as director president of the National Bank of Chester County, and he died in 1863.